While there is growing national recognition of the value of intergenerational family services – or services that identify and address parents’ and caregivers’ physical, social and mental health needs to improve child health – they are not common in pediatrics because of barriers to reimbursement and training for caregiver-focused services. PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and our partners are interested in breaking down those barriers by building evidence for sustainable family-centered programs. That’s why this month several of our researchers and collaborators contributed to a three-part blog post series on how to move intergenerational services from theory into practice.
In our first installment of this series, we addressed the feasibility of screening parents in pediatricians’ offices and emergency departments with a focus on food insecurity. Our second blog post discussed provider reimbursement for caregiver-directed services, such as smoking cessation and caregiver depression. The last post addressed the formation of meaningful clinical-community partnerships to provide intergenerational services, such as education and home visiting programs, in order to reduce repeat asthma hospitalizations.
We know many child-serving systems are considering how to better coordinate care for children and their families to address child health outcomes that are rooted in caregiver health behaviors, and hope these posts can help inform some of those efforts.
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